Uterine Manipulation During Minimally Invasive Surgery for Early Stage Endometrial Cancer
This is a prospective, multi-center, randomized non-inferiority phase III study to evaluate if patients undergoing a minimally invasive surgery for early stage uterine cancer have cancer cells in the fluid that is obtained at the time of their surgery when a uterine manipulator is placed versus patients who do not have a uterine manipulator placed.
⁃ A subject will be considered eligible for inclusion in this study if all the following criteria are met:
• Patient must be greater than or equal to 18 years old.
• Suspected clinically early stage endometrial cancer of any histology (endometrioid, mixed, serous, clear-cell, carcinosarcomas, mucinous)
• Pre-operative imaging not suggestive of extra-uterine disease, if obtained pre-operatively.
• CA 125 testing is optional but, if obtained, must be within lab normal values. 5. ECOG performance status 0-2 (see appendix 1).
⁃ 6\. Signed informed consent and ability to comply with follow-up. 7. Per the opinion of the treating investigator, the patient must be a suitable candidate for the MIS surgical procedure.